Reading workplace dynamics : a post-pandemic professional ethos in public libraries

During the 2020-2023 years of the pandemic, when it came to the workplace, public librarians creatively adjusted their practices and their praxis to keep communities engaged with a myriad of virtual information services and distal information delivery during lockdown, lasting for often long and unce...

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Other Authors Irvin, Vanessa (Editor), Mehra, Bharat (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
SeriesAdvances in librarianship ; 55
Subjects
Public libraries > Reference services.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Influence.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781837970728
DOI10.1108/S0065-2830202455
Physical Description1 online resource (224 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / John M. Budd
  • Introduction - The symbiosis of public librarianship: praxis and ethos for a post-pandemic identity / Vanessa Irvin and Bharat Mehra
  • Section 1. Dynamics: theoretical lenses
  • Chapter 1. Public libraries in Brazil: conceptual review in the post-pandemic era / Daniele Achilles, Renata Oliveira, Deise Sabbag, and Nanci Oddone
  • Chapter 2. "Reading" the room in the COVID-19 era as womanist canonical praxis: black motherhood and public librarianship / Shalonda Capers
  • Chapter 3. Voices in the (information) wilderness: black feminism(s) and informational practices / LaVerne Gray, Joseph Winberry, and Yiran Duan
  • Chapter 4. "When they go low": preparing information professionals for threats of violence in library workplaces / Beth Patin
  • Section 2. Practices: operationalizing protocols and policies
  • Chapter 5. Commitment to justice, empathy, and community during COVID-19: results from a three-phase study of public libraries / Denice Adkins, Jenny Bossaller, Ericka Butler, Wilson Castano, Hyerim, Cho, and Joe Kohlburn
  • Chapter 6. Equipping librarians for programming during and post-pandemic: a turning point for the free library of Philadelphia / Veronica Britto and Valerie Taylor-Samuels
  • Chapter 7. Exploring the information experiences of immigrants toward public libraries in New York City / Jean Rene
  • Chapter 8. Blount County Public Library's Response to COVID-19: A Library Director's Pandemic Story / Kaurri C. Williams-Cockfield
  • Section 3. Connections: inside/outside library partnerships
  • Chapter 9. Partnerships and the COVID-19 pandemic: from threat to opportunity / Noah Lenstra, Nicole Peritore, and Christine D'arpa
  • Chapter 10. Queer reads and resistance in turbulent times / Rae-Anne Montague
  • Chapter 11. Weaving resilience: the pandemic's tapestry of librarianship in New Mexico / Eli Guinnee and Kathleen Pickering
  • Epilogue - Chasing the long tail of COVID: envisioning a renewed ethos for public librarianship / Claudia Martinez.

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